• Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians?

    I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.

    However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.

    Here are thoughts from a Palestinian American: https://alx.lemmy.blahaj.zone/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17849964